Cry Havoc!
The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861
Nelson Lankford - Author
ISBN 9780143112792 | 336 pages | 18 Dec 2007 | Penguin | 8.26 x 5.23in | 18 - AND UP
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Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize
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A "compact, engrossing narrative"* that vividly reimagines the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War
What separates historian Nelson D. Lankford's engaging examination of the causes of the Civil War from other books on the subject is its willingness to consider the alternative possibilities to history. Cry Havoc! recounts in riveting detail the small quirks of timing, character, and place that influenced the huge trajectory of events during eight critical weeks from Lincoln's inauguration through the explosion at Fort Sumter and the embattled president's response to it. It addresses the what-ifs, the might-have-beens, and the individual personalities that played into circumstances-a chain of indecisions and miscalculations, influenced by swollen vanity and wishful thinking-that gave shape to the dreadful conflict to come.
1. Faithfully Execute
2. Wait And See
3. Toujours La Politesse
4. Contrivances Of Delay
5. Collision Course
6. Flash Point
7. Tidings Of War
8. Cheated And Deceived
9. Give The Old Lady Time
10. John Brown In Gray
11. Burning Bridges
12. Alone
13. Broad Stripes And Bright Stars
14. Sunday Rest
15. Wild Excitement
16. Countless Rumors
17. Dismembering The Nation
Epilogue: Spring 1865
Acknowledgments
Maps appear on pages 14, 52, 140 , and 160 |
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